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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Ethiopia: The Roof of Africa

Cumulative Checklist

with Steve Rooke as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of sixteen this species has been recorded
  • Column B = Number of days this species was recorded on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = Greatest daily total for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = N - nesting evident, H - heard only, (H) - mostly heard but seen at least once
  • Notes: E = Ethiopian and Eritrean endemic
A B C D
12 Somali Ostrich 1 3 Struthio molybdophanes
16 Little Grebe 2 200 Tachybaptus ruficollis
9 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
5 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
16 Great Cormorant 6 50 Phalacrocorax carbo
16 Long-tailed Cormorant 7 12 Phalacrocorax africanus
16 African Darter 2 3 Anhinga rufa
16 Great White Pelican 6 40 Pelecanus onocrotalus
15 Pink-backed Pelican 5 12 Pelecanus rufescens
5 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
16 Squacco Heron 5 15 Ardeola ralloides
2 Striated Heron Butorides striata
16 Cattle Egret 11 50 Bubulcus ibis
12 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
2 Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
16 Little Egret 6 6 Egretta garzetta
16 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
16 Great Egret 7 20 Egretta alba
14 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
16 Grey Heron 4 4 Ardea cinerea
15 Black-headed Heron 2 1 Ardea melanocephala
15 Goliath Heron 2 1 Ardea goliath
16 Hamerkop 7 40 Scopus umbretta
16 Yellow-billed Stork 3 3 Mycteria ibis
13 Black Stork 3 3 Ciconia nigra
5 Abdim’s Stork 1 1 Ciconia abdimii
11 Wooly-necked Stork 1 2 Ciconia episcopus
8 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
14 Saddle-billed Stork 2 3 Ephippiorhynchu senegalensis
16 Marabou Stork 8 00s Leptoptilos crumeniferus
15 Glossy Ibis 4 20 Plegadis falcinellus
16 Hadada Ibis 4 10 Bostrychia hagedash
16 Wattled Ibis E 9 150 Bostrychia carunculata
16 Sacred Ibis 7 100 Threskiornis aethiopica
15 African Spoonbill 1 10 Platalea alba
12 Greater Flamingo 2 00s Phoenicopterus ruber
9 Fulvous Whistling Duck 1 4 Dendrocygna bicolor
16 White-faced Whistling Duck 2 30 Dendrocygna viduata
11 White-backed Duck 1 8 Thalassornis leuconotus
16 Blue-winged Goose E 5 20 Cyanochen cyanopterus
16 Egyptian Goose 12 00s Alopochen aegyptiacus
16 Ruddy Shelduck 2 4 Tadorna ferruginea
16 Spur-winged Goose 3 30 Plectopterus gambensis
16 Knob-billed Duck 2 10 Sarkidiornis melanotos
16 African Pygmy-Goose 3 8 Nettapus auritus
6 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
2 Cape Teal Anas capensis
16 Yellow-billed Duck 5 12 Anas undulata
11 African Black Duck 1 2 Anas sparsa
9 Northern Pintail 2 4 Anas acuta
11 Red-billed Duck 1 2 Anas erythrorhyncha
16 Hottentot Teal 1 4 Anas hottentot
13 Garganey 1 6 Anas querquedula
16 Northern Shoveler 3 000s Anas clypeata
13 Southern Pochard 1 1 Netta erythrophthalma
2 Ferruginous Duck 1 5 Aythya nyroca
7 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
7 Maccoa Duck 1 2 Oxyura maccoa
7 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7 European Honey Buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
3 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
16 Black-shouldered Kite 2 1 Elanus caeruleus
3 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
3 Black Kite 1 1 Milvus migrans
16 Yelllow-billed Kite 13 100 Milvus (migrans) aegyptius
16 African Fish Eagle 6 12 Haliaeetus vocifer
16 Lammergeier 2 4 Gypaetus barbatus
16 Egyptian Vulture 4 4 Neophron percnopterus
16 Hooded Vulture 13 40 Necrosyrtes monachus
16 African White-backed Vulture 2 8 Gyps africanus
16 Rüppell’s Vulture 8 20 Gyps rueppellii
15 Lappet-faced Vulture 2 2 Torgos tracheliotus
13 White-headed Vulture 2 4 Trigonoceps occipitalis
5 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
14 Black-chested Snake Eagle 2 1 Circaetus pectoralis
5 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
8 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
16 Bateleur 3 1 Terathopius ecaudatus
15 African Harrier-Hawk 3 1 Polyboroides typus
16 Pallid Harrier 5 2 Circus macrourus
16 Montagu's Harrier 3 2 Circus pygargus
16 Western Marsh Harrier 8 2 Circus aeruginosus
14 Gabar Goshawk 1 1 Melierax gabar
16 Dark Chanting-goshawk 6 4 Melierax metabates
16 Eastern Pale Chanting-Goshawk 3 2 Melierax poliopterus
9 African Goshawk 3 1 Accipiter trachiro
10 Shikra 1 1 Accipiter badius
12 Little Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter minullus
1 Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
6 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
8 Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
6 Great Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter melanoleucus
2 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
13 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 3 1 Buteo buteo vulpinus
12 Mountain Buzzard 1 1 Buteo oreophilus
16 Augur Buzzard 10 8 Buteo augur
10 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
9 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
16 Tawny Eagle 8 8 Aquila rapax
16 Steppe Eagle 6 2 Aquila nipalensis
8 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
4 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
16 Verreaux’s Eagle 3 3 Aquila verreauxii
9 Wahlberg’s Eagle 1 1 Aquila wahlbergi
6 Booted Eagle 2 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
14 Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
3 African Hawk Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus spilogaster
15 Long-crested Eagle 1 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
10 African Crowned Eagle 1 1 Stephanoaetus coronatus
3 Martial Eagle 1 1 Polemaetus bellicosus
10 Secretary Bird 1 2 Sagittarius serpentarius
16 Pygmy Falcon 1 2 Polihierax semitorquatus
10 Lesser Kestrel 2 00s Falco naumanni
16 Common Kestrel 13 3 Falco tinnunculus
2 Fox Kestrel 1 1 Falco alopex
11 Grey Kestrel 2 2 Falco ardosiaceus
1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chiquera
1 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
10 Eurasian Hobby 3 3 Falco subbuteo
2 Eleonora's Falcon 1 1 Falco eleonorae
3 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
3 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
16 Lanner Falcon 7 4 Falco biarmicus
4 Saker Falco cherrug
12 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
10 Vulturine Guineafowl 1 200 Acryllium vulturinum
16 Helmeted Guineafowl 4 50 Numida meleagris
5 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
6 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
15 Moorland Francolin 1 2 Pternistis psilolaemus
15 Crested Francolin 2 3 Dendroperdix sephaena
10 Scaly Francolin 2 4 Pternistis squamatus
3 Clapperton's Francolin Pternistis clappertoni
4 Harwood's Francolin 1 1 Pternistis harwoodi
16 Chestnut-naped Francolin 2 25 Pternistis castaneicollis
14 Erckel’s Francolin 1 4 Pternistis erckelii
16 Yellow-necked Spurfowl 3 2 Pternistis leucoscepus
16 Rouget's Rail E 2 6 Rougetius rougetii
16 Black Crake 4 15 Amaurornis flavirostris
2 Allen's Gallinule 1 1 Porphyrio alleni
6 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio
16 Common Moorhen 3 30 Gallinula chloropus
4 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
16 Red-knobbed Coot 1 100 Fulica cristata
16 Common Crane 3 80 Grus grus
16 Wattled Crane 2 2 Burgeranus carunculatus
16 Black Crowned Crane 2 3 Balearica pavonina
12 Arabian Bustard 2 2 Ardeotis arabs
16 Kori Bustard 4 6 Ardeotis kori
15 Buff-crested Bustard 2 2 Eupodotis ruficrista
13 White-bellied Bustard 1 2 Eupodotis senegalensis
3 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
8 Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii
4 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
16 African Jacana 4 40 Actophilornis capensis
1 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
16 Black-winged Stilt 3 6 Himantopus himantopus
13 Pied Avocet 1 100 Recurvirostra avosetta
2 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
12 Senegal Thick-knee 2 2 Burhinus senegalensis
2 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
4 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
3 Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
10 Temminck’s Courser 1 2 Cursorius temminckii
7 Heuglin’s Courser 1 2 Rhinoptilus cinctus
7 Collared Pratincole 1 40 Glareola pratincola
4 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
6 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
14 Ringed Plover 2 15 Charadrius hiaticula
15 Kittlitz’s Plover 2 30 Charadrius pecuarius
16 Three-banded Plover 2 2 Charadrius tricollaris
2 Pacific Golden Plover Charadrius fulva
2 Grey Plover 1 1 Pluvialis squatarola
10 African Wattled Plover 1 5 Vanellus senegallus
15 Spot-breasted Plover E 2 40 Vanellus melanocephalus
3 Black-headed Plover Vanellus tectus
16 Spur-winged Plover 8 20 Vanellus spinosus
16 Black-winged Plover 2 40 Vanellus melanopterus
16 Crowned Plover 4 20 Vanellus coronatus
16 Little Stint 3 100 Calidris minuta
15 Temminck’s Stint 1 2 Calidris temminckii
10 Curlew Sandpiper 2 15 Calidris ferruginea
16 Ruff 4 00s Philomachus pugnax
12 Common Snipe 3 5 Gallinago gallinago
5 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
12 Black-tailed Godwit 1 10 Limosa limosa
2 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
2 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
14 Marsh Sandpiper 2 3 Tringa stagnatilis
16 Common Greenshank 6 3 Tringa nebularia
16 Green Sandpiper 5 2 Tringa ochropus
16 Wood Sandpiper 4 50 Tringa glareola
16 Common Sandpiper 9 6 Actitis hypoleucos
16 Grey-headed Gull 5 50 Larus cirrocephalus
16 Black-headed Gull 3 2 Larus ridibundus
4 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
16 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 10 Larus fuscus
9 Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini
16 Gull-billed Tern 6 50 Sterna nilotica
3 Little Tern 1 2 Sterna albifrons
14 Whiskered Tern 2 1 Childonias hybridus
16 White-winged Black Tern 5 45 Childonias leucopterus
12 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 4 00s Ptercoles exustus
11 Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse 1 2 Pterocles decoratus
3 Black-faced Sandgrouse Ptercoles decoratus
16 Bruce's Green Pigeon 3 10 Treron waalia
12 Tambourine Dove 1 2 Turtur tympanistria
16 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 2 2 Turtur afer
10 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove 1 1 Turtur chalcospilos
16 Namaqua Dove 8 100 Oena capensis
14 Lemon Dove 2 5 Aplopelia larvata
6 African Olive Pigeon 1 2 Columba arquatrix
16 Speckled Pigeon 14 00s Columba guinea
16 White-collared Pigeon E 6 00s Columba albitorques
8 Feral Pigeon 1 7 Columba livia
16 Red-eyed Dove 9 30 Streptopelia semitorquata
16 African Mourning Dove 7 40 Streptopelia decipiens
4 Vinaceous Dove 1 2 Streptopelia vinacea
16 Ring-necked Dove 5 30 Streptopelia capicola
3 African Collared Dove 1 1 Streptopelia roseogrisea
5 African White-winged Dove 1 2 Streptopelia reichenowi
3 Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
16 Dusky Turtle Dove 7 100 Streptopelia lugens
16 Laughing (Palm) Dove 12 30 Streptopelia senegalensis
16 African Orange-bellied Parrot 2 4 Poicephalus rufiventris
16 Yellow-fronted Parrot E 2 20 Poicephalus flavifrons
16 Black-winged Lovebird E 6 10 Agapornis taranta
16 White-cheeked Turaco 3 6 Tauraco leucotis
5 Prince Ruspoli's Turaco 2 2 Tauraco ruspolii
9 Bare-faced Go-away-bird 1 4 Corythaixoides personata
16 White-bellied Go-away-bird 8 12 Corythaixoides leucogaster
14 Eastern Grey Plantain-eater 1 2 Crinifer zonurus
5 Jacobin Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator Jacobinus
2 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
3 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
2 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
11 Common Cuckoo 3 1 Cuculus canorus
4 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
12 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
9 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
15 White-browed Coucal 5 2 Centropus supercilliosus
6 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
14 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
6 African Scops Owl 1 1 Otus senegalensis
5 Northern White-faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
7 Cape Eagle Owl 1 2 Bubo capensis
14 Greyish Eagle-Owl 1 1 Bubo cinerascens
10 Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
14 Pearl Spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
6 African Wood Owl 1 2 Strix woodfordii
8 Abyssinian Long-eared Owl 1 2 Asio abyssinicus
16 Slender-tailed Nightjar 5 3 Caprimulgus clarus
6 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
7 Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar 2 1 H Caprimulgus donaldsoni
4 Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
10 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
7 Mottled Swift Apus aequatorialis
8 African Palm Swift 2 10 Cypsiurus parvus
16 Nyanza Swift 3 100 Apus niansae
9 Common Swift Apus apus
1 Horus Swift Apus horus
2 White-rumped Swift 2 1 Apus caffer
13 Little Swift Apus affinis
11 Alpine Swift 1 100 Tachymarptis melba
16 Blue-naped Mousebird 4 6 Urocolius macrourus
16 Speckled Mousebird 11 20 Colius striatus
11 Narina's Trogon Apaloderma narina
12 Grey-headed Kingfisher 5 2 Halcyon leucocephala
16 Woodland Kingfisher 3 5 Halcyon senegalensis
16 Striped Kingfisher 2 1 Halcyon chelicuti
15 African Pygmy Kingfisher 1 1 Ceyx pictus
16 Malachite Kingfisher 6 15 Alcedo cristata
8 Half-collared Kingfisher 1 1 Alcedo semitorquata
9 Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima
16 Pied Kingfisher 6 12 Ceryle rudis
16 Little Bee-eater 4 12 Merops pusillus
16 Blue-breasted Bee-eater 7 12 Merops variegatus
8 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 1 Merops persicus
2 Madagascar Bee-eater 2 25 Merops supercilliosus
9 European Bee-eater 1 12 Merops apiaster
16 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 9 200 Merops nubicus
16 Rufous-crowned Roller 5 1 Coracias naevia
16 Abyssinian Roller 7 4 Coracias abyssinica
7 Eurasian Roller 1 1 Coracias garrulus
16 Lilac-breasted (throated) Roller 3 1 Coracias caudata lorti
4 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
16 Black-billed Wood-Hoopoe 2 2 Phoeniculus somaliensis
9 Black Scimitarbill 2 2 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
15 Abyssinian Scimitarbill 4 4 Rhinopomastus minor
16 Eurasian Hoopoe 10 12 Upupa epops
16 (Northern) Red-billed Hornbill 5 6 Tockus erythrorhynchus
16 Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill 3 2 Tockus flavirostris
16 Von Der Decken's Hornbill 5 12 Tockus deckeni
16 Hemprich's Hornbill 3 3 Tockus hemprichii
7 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
16 African Grey Hornbill 3 2 Tockus nasutus
16 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill 4 20 Bycanistes brevis
16 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 3 6 Bucorvus abyssinicus
15 Red-fronted Tinkerbird 1 1 Pogoniulus pusillus
13 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 1 1 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
16 Red-fronted Barbet 2 2 Tricholaema diademata
12 Black-throated Barbet 3 2 Tricholaema melanocephala
16 Banded Barbet E 3 6 Lybius undatus
16 Black-billed Barbet 6 2 Lybius guifsobalito
15 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
11 Red-and-yellow Barbet 2 5 Trachyphonus erthyrocephalus
15 Yellow-breasted Barbet 2 3 Trachyphonus margaritatus
16 D'Arnaud's Barbet 1 1 Trachyphonus darnaudii
7 Green-backed Honeybird 1 1 Prodotiscus zambesiae
3 Wahlberg’s Honeyguide Prodotiscus regulus
4 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
10 Greater Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator indicator
14 Lesser Honeyguide 2 3 Indicator minor
11 Eurasian Wryneck 3 1 Jynx torquilla
13 Red-throated Wryneck 2 1 Jynx ruficollis
16 Nubian Woodpecker 3 2 Campethera nubica
16 Abyssinian Woodpecker E 1 3 Dendropicos abyssinicus
14 Cardinal Woodpecker 2 3 Dendropicos fuscescens
14 Bearded Woodpecker 1 1 Thripias namaquus
16 Grey-headed Woodpecker 4 2 Dendropicos spodocephalus
14 Singing Bush Lark 1 40 Mirafra cantillans
10 Red-winged Lark 1 1 Mirafra hypermetra
13 Foxy Lark 1 2 Calendula alopex
13 Gillet’s Lark 1 2 Mirafra gilleti
5 Sidamo Lark 1 2 Heteromirafra sidamoensis
3 Bimaculated Lark 1 1 Melanocorypha bimaculata
3 Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii
3 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
15 Erlanger’s Lark E 2 2 Calandrella erlangeri
5 Somali Short-toed Lark 1 15 Calandrella somalica
16 Thekla Lark 4 20 Galerida theklae
15 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 4 2 Eremopterix leucotis
14 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark 2 20 Eremopterix signata
14 Black Sawwing 1 40 Psalidoprocne pristoptera
16 Plain Martin 5 100 Riparia paludicola
15 Sand Martin 6 000s Riparia riparia
4 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
4 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo grisopyga
13 Mosque Swallow 1 12 Hirundo senegalensis
12 Lesser Striped-Swallow 2 6 Hirundo abyssinica
16 Red-rumped Swallow 5 10 Hirundo daurica
16 Rock Martin 4 40 Hirundo fuligula
2 Pale Crag Martin Hirundo fuligula obsoleta
16 Wire-tailed Swallow 2 6 Hirundo smithii
15 White-tailed Swallow E 1 2 Hirundo megaensis
14 Ethiopian Swallow 2 15 Hirundo aethiopica
11 Red-chested Swallow 1 2 Hirundo lucida
16 Barn Swallow 14 000s Hirundo rustica
15 Common House Martin Delichon urbica
16 Yellow Wagtail 12 00s Motacilla flava
1 Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola
16 Grey Wagtail 4 2 Motacilla cinerea
16 Mountain Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla clara
16 White Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla alba
15 African Pied Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla aguimp
1 Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
12 Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
7 Long-billed Pipit 1 4 Anthus similis
12 Plain-backed Pipit 2 6 Anthus leucophrys
14 Tawny Pipit 1 1 Anthus campestris
15 Tree Pipit 3 4 Anthus trivialis
15 Red-throated Pipit 4 2 Anthus cervinus
15 Abyssinian Longclaw E 1 6 Macronyx flavicollis
10 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga phoenicea
2 Black Cuckoo-shrike 1 1 Campephaga flava
7 Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia
7 Northern Brownbul 1 2 Phyllastrephus strepitans
16 Common Bulbul 9 12 Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus
16 Dark-capped Bulbul 4 8 Pycnonotus barbatus spurius
16 Somali' Bulbul 1 1 Pycnonotus barbatus somaliensis
5 Dodson's Bulbul 3 10 Pycnonotus barbatus dodsoni
4 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
14 Common Nightingale 4 2 H Luscinia megarhynchos
16 Rüppell's Robin-Chat 2 2 Cossypha semirufa
13 White-browed Robin Chat 4 3 Cossypha heuglini
2 Red-capped Robin Chat Cossypha natalensis
13 Spotted Palm Thrush 1 1 Cichladusa guttata
16 White-browed Scrub-Robin 3 4 Cercotrichas leucophrys
3 Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
7 Black Scrub Robin 2 2 Cercotrichas podobe
16 Common Redstart 4 4 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
9 Siberian Stonechat 2 1 Saxicola maura
15 African Stonechat 1 2 Saxicola torquata
8 Whinchat 2 1 Saxicola rubetra
16 Northern Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
16 Pied Wheatear 12 10 Oenanthe pleschanka
5 Pied Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe pleschanka vittata
3 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
11 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
16 Abyssinian Black Wheatear E 1 20 Oenanthe lugubris
2 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
16 Red-breasted Wheatear 2 4 Oenanthe bottae
16 Isabelline Wheatear 12 40 Oenanthe isabellina
6 Sombre Chat E 1 2 Cercomela dubia
15 Blackstart 1 10 Cercomela melanura
16 Moorland Chat 4 100 Cercomela sordida
3 Familiar Chat 1 1 Cercomela familiaris
16 Rüppell's Black Chat E 1 12 Myrmecocichla melaena
16 Mocking Cliff Chat 3 4 Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris
16 White-winged Cliff Chat E 1 2 Myrmecocichla semirufa
14 Little Rock Thrush 1 2 Monticola rufocinereus
15 Common Rock Thrush 3 2 Monticola saxatilis
10 Blue Rock Thrush 2 1 Monticola solitarius
15 Abyssinian Ground Thrush 3 1 Zoothera piaggiae
16 Groundscraper Thrush 4 2 Psophocichla litsipsirupa simensis
16 Mountain (Olive) Thrush 5 30 Turdus (olivaceus) abyssinicus
16 African Thrush 2 2 Turdus pelios
15 Bare-eyed Thrush 2 8 Turdus tephronotus
16 Cinnamon Bracken Warbler 1 2 Bradypterus cinnamomeus
14 Sedge Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
7 European Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
7 African Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus baeticatus
5 European Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
4 Great Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocepahlus arundinaceus
16 Lesser Swamp Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus gracilirostris
1 Basra Reed Warbler 2 1 Acrocephalus griseldis
16 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 4 4 Hippolais pallida
3 Upcher’s Warbler 1 1 Hippolais languida
16 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 4 6 Eremomela icteropygialis
2 Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
3 Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
16 Northern Crombec 2 3 Sylvietta brachyura
16 Red-faced Crombec 4 4 Sylvietta whytii
4 Somali Crombec 1 2 Sylvietta isabellina
16 Willow Warbler 7 6 Phylloscopus trochilus
13 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
2 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
16 Brown Woodland Warbler 1 4 Phylloscopus umbrovirens
6 Barred Warbler 2 1 Sylvia nisoria
16 Blackcap 4 2 Sylvia atricapilla
16 Common Whitethroat 6 4 Sylvia communis
16 Lesser Whitethroat 6 6 Sylvia curruca
7 Ménétries's Warbler 1 4 Sylvia mystacea
11 Brown Parisoma 1 1 H Parisoma lugens
7 Bale' Parisoma Parisoma lugens griseaventris
12 Banded Parisoma 2 2 Parisoma boehmi
10 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
9 Singing Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola cantans
16 Rattling Cisticola 3 6 Cisticola chiniana
15 Boran Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola bodessa
13 Ashy Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola cinereola
15 Ethiopian Cisticola 2 5 Cisticola lugubris
6 Stout Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola robustus
7 Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nanus
2 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
5 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola uncidis
9 Desert Cisticola 1 4 Cisticola aridulus
7 Pectoral-patch Cisticola 2 6 Cisticola brunnescens
16 Tawny-flanked Prinia 5 2 Prinia subflava
12 Pale Prinia 1 2 Prinia somalica
10 Red-fronted Warbler 1 2 Spiloptila rufifrons
16 Buff-bellied Warbler 2 4 Phyllolais pulchella
16 Yellow-breasted Apalis 2 4 Apalis flavida
16 Grey-backed Camaroptera 9 4 Camaroptera brachyura
16 Grey Wren Warbler 2 2 Camaroptera simplex
16 Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher E 4 4 Melaenornis chocolatinus
16 Northern Black Flycatcher 4 4 Melaenornis edoliodes
6 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
16 African Grey Flycatcher 7 6 Bradornis microrhynchus
14 Spotted Flycatcher 1 1 Muscicapa striata
16 African Dusky Flycatcher 5 4 Muscicapa adusta
16 African Paradise-Flycatcher 7 4 Terpsiphone viridis
14 Brown-throated Wattle-eye 1 2 Platysteira cyanea
16 Grey-headed Batis 3 6 Batis orientalis
16 Black-headed Batis 5 4 Batis minor
7 Pygmy Batis 1 4 Batis perkeo
15 African Hill Babbler 1 1 Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
16 White-rumped Babbler 3 20 Turdoides leucopygius
16 Rufous Chatterer 4 8 Turdoides rubiginosus
4 Scaly Chatterer Turdoides aylmeri
16 Abyssinian Catbird E 3 10 Parophasma galinieri
16 Northern Grey Tit 2 2 Parus thruppi
16 White-backed Black Tit E 2 3 Parus leuconotus
13 White-winged Black Tit 2 3 Parus leucomelas
16 Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit 2 2 Anthoscopus musculus
15 Spotted Creeper 3 2 Salpornis spilonotus
16 Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird 2 4 Anthreptes orientalis
4 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
16 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 4 4 Chalcomitra senegalensis
4 Hunter's Sunbird 1 1 Chalcomitra hunteri
2 Copper Sunbird 1 1 Cinnyris cupreus
16 Tacazze Sunbird 4 20 Nectarinia tacazze
5 Collared Sunbird 3 1 Hedydipna collaris
11 Nile Valley Sunbird 2 6 Hedydipna metallica
16 Beautiful Sunbird 5 20 Cinnyris pulchella
16 Marico Sunbird 2 10 Cinnyris mariquensis
1 Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinnoides
16 Shining Sunbird 2 12 Cinnyris habessinica
16 Variable Sunbird 8 12 Cinnyris venusta
15 Abyssinian White-eye 1 3 Zosterops abyssinicus
16 Montane White-eye 6 6 Zosterops poliogaster
16 Common Fiscal 5 6 Lanius collaris
2 Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
16 Somali Fiscal 3 8 Lanius somalicus
16 Masked Shrike 1 3 Lanius nubicus
16 Grey-backed Fiscal 3 25 Lanius excubitoroides
16 Southern Grey Shrike 3 4 Lanius meridionalis
16 Isabelline Shrike 4 2 Lanius isabellinus
13 Red-backed Shrike 5 1 Lanius collurio
16 Woodchat Shrike 2 2 Lanius senator
16 Northern White-crowned Shrike 5 10 Eurocephalus rueppelli
12 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 1 4 Malaconotus blanchoti
15 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
16 Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 1 2 Rhodophoneus cruentus
7 Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
16 Black-crowned Tchagra 3 2 Tchagra senegala
16 Northern Puffback 2 2 Dryoscopus gambensis
7 Pringle's Puffback 1 2 Dryoscopus pringlii
16 Slate-coloured Boubou 3 6 Laniarius funebris
7 Red-naped Bushshrike 1 2 Laniarius ruficeps
16 Ethiopian Boubou 4 1 Laniarius aethiopicus
16 Brubru 5 2 Nilaus afer
11 White-crested Helmetshrike 2 12 Prionops plumatus
16 Black-headed Oriole 3 2 Oriolus larvatus
16 Abyssinian Oriole E 1 6 Oriolus monacha
10 Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 2 Oriolus oriolus
16 Fork-tailed Drongo 9 4 Dicrurus adsimilis
16 Cape Rook 7 20 Corvus capensis
16 Dwarf Raven 2 6 Corvus edithae
16 Pied Crow 8 30 Corvus albus
16 Fan-tailed Raven 11 15 Corvus rhipidurus
16 Thick-billed Raven E 7 15 Corvus crassirostris
14 Red-billed Chough 1 2 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
16 Stresemann’s Bush Crow E 2 10 Zavattariornis stresemanni
15 Red-winged Starling 1 2 Onychognathus morio
7 Bristle-crowned Starling 2 2 Onychognathus salvadorii
16 White-billed Starling E 2 8 Onychognathus albirostris
16 Slender-billed Starling 3 100 Onychognathus tenuirostris
16 Greater Blue-eared Starling 11 100 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
3 Lesser Blue-eared Starling 1 4 Lamprotornis chloropterus
16 Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling 8 30 Lamprotornis purpuropterus
15 Golden-breasted Starling 2 20 Cosmopsarus regius
16 Shelley’s Starling 1 8 Lamprotornis shelleyi
16 Superb Starling 10 200 Lamprotornis superbus
16 White-crowned Starling 3 30 Spreo albicapillus
2 Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
6 Sharpe’s Starling 1 1 Cinnyricinclus sharpii
7 Violet-backed Starling 1 2 Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
16 Wattled Starling 1 10 Creatophora cinerea
16 Red-billed Oxpecker 2 20 Buphagus erythrorhynchus
16 Swainson's Sparrow 12 20 Passer swainsonii
10 Shelley's Rufous Sparrow 1 6 Passer shelleyi
1 Somali Sparrow 1 1 Passer castanopterus
7 Chestnut Sparrow 1 2 Passer eminibey
4 Bush Petronia 2 2 Petronia dentata
16 Yellow-spotted Petronia 4 12 Petronia pyrgita
2 Pale Rockfinch 1 20 Carpospiza brachydactyla
16 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 1 10 Bubalornis niger
16 White-headed Buffalo-Weaver 9 10 Dinemellia dinemelli
16 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 6 40 Plocepasser mahali
5 Speckle-fronted Weaver 1 1 Sporopipes frontalis
16 Grey-capped Social Weaver 1 30 Pseudonigrita arnaudi
5 Black-capped Social Weaver 1 15 Pseudonigritta cabanisi
13 Red-headed Weaver 4 2 Anaplectes rubriceps
16 Baglafecht Weaver 7 12 Ploceus baglafecht
11 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
15 Spectacled Weaver 1 2 Ploceus ocularis
10 Lesser Masked Weaver 2 12 Ploceus intermedius
15 Vitelline Masked Weaver 1 1 Ploceus velatus
16 Rüppell's Weaver 4 00s Ploceus galbula
8 Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei
13 Village Weaver 1 3 Ploceus cucullatus
4 Juba Weaver 1 6 Ploceus dichrocephalus
7 Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
11 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
13 Red-billed Quelea 3 200 Quelea quelea
10 Northern Red Bishop 4 200 Euplectes franciscanus
4 Black-winged Red Bishop 1 30 Euplectes hardeaceus
10 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
16 Yellow Bishop 1 2 Euplectes capensis
12 Red-collared Widowbird 1 4 Euplectes ardens
4 Abyssinian Crimsonwing 1 3 Cryptospiza salvadorii
15 Yellow-bellied Waxbill 3 50 Coccopygia quartinia
4 Abyssinian Waxbill Estrilda (paludicola) ochrogaster
11 Crimson-rumped Waxbill 1 12 Estrilda rhodopyga
13 Common Waxbill 3 12 Estrilda astrild
12 Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
16 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 9 50 Uraeginthus bengalus
2 Fan-tailed Widowbird 1 3 Euplectes axillaris
15 Purple Grenadier 1 2 Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
13 Green-winged Pytilia 1 1 Pytilia melba
1 Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
16 Red-billed Firefinch 8 20 Lagonosticta senegala
2 African Firefinch 0 0 Lagonosticta rubricata
16 Cut-throat Finch 5 30 Amadina fasciata
2 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
2 Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
16 Bronze Mannikin 3 20 Lonchura cucullata
4 Black-and-white Mannikin 1 15 Lonchura bicolor
11 African Silverbill 2 15 Lonchura cantans
1 Cuckoo Finch Anomalspiza imberbis
16 Pin-tailed Whydah 3 6 Vidua macroura
13 Eastern Paradise Whydah 3 3 Vidua paradisaea
3 Steel-blue Whydah 1 1 Vidua hypocherina
9 Straw-tailed Whydah 2 4 Vidua fischeri
16 Village Indigobird 2 2 Vidua chalybeata
16 African Citril 5 10 Serinus citrinelloides
15 Reichenow's Seedeater 5 2 Serinus reichenowi
1 White-throated Seedeater E Serinus xanthopygius
15 White-bellied Canary 3 2 Serinus dorsostriatus
3 Northern Grosbeak Canary Serinus donaldsoni
16 Streaky Seedeater 6 20 Serinus striolatus
16 Brown-rumped Seedeater 5 20 Serinus tristiatus
16 Yellow-crowned Canary 2 6 Serinus canicollis
16 Black-headed Siskin E 4 00s Serinus nigriceps
16 Somali Bunting 2 2 Emberiza poliopleura
16 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 3 6 Emberiza tahpisi
16 Striolated Bunting 1 12 Emberiza striolata
16 Ortolan Bunting 1 10 Emberiza hortulana
2 Yellow-fronted Canary 1 6 Serinus mozambicus

Non-Established Exotics
14 Lesser Flamingo 1 000s Phoeniconaias minor

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